Madden NFL 25 debuted last summer shortly before the start of the current NFL season, so it’s fitting that it arrived on Game Pass today before the end of the post-season. That means Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass subscribers can run their own Super Bowl simulations before the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles meet again on Sunday.
EA has traditionally released its Madden NFL Super Bowl predictions ahead of the game, but the publisher has yet to do so this year. Officially, Madden NFL’s Super Bowl projections have only been right six out of the last 13 years, which gives it a 46% accuracy rating. Some years are closer than others, but Madden NFL successfully picked the exact score for Super Bowl 49 before the New England Patriots downed the Seattle Seahawks 28-24.
You may have noticed that the cover athlete for Madden NFL 25–Christian McCaffrey–doesn’t play for either the Chiefs or the Eagles. Instead, McCaffrey is a running back for the San Francisco 49ers who spent some time on the injured list this year, reviving talk about the infamous Madden curse. The reality is that football is a physically taxing sport, and almost every player deals with injuries at some point. That hasn’t stopped Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase from proclaiming that he’s aware of the so-called curse, and doesn’t want to be a Madden NFL cover star.
Madden NFL 26 will likely arrive this summer, but it has yet to receive an official announcement from EA. Although it’s been 13 years since Madden appeared on a Nintendo console, EA is very optimistic about the franchise making a comeback on Switch 2.